Tolerating always turns to resentment. At first, you call it patience, then love. But what it really is, is self-abandonment. Every time you swallow a boundary, excuse a pattern, or silence your discomfort, something inside you keeps score.
And eventually, the bill comes due.
@_raesparkles If you discover there's food poison in your daily food consumption, just keep eating it because if you boldly confront the cooker, imagine how bad that accusations could be for them.
I actually don't want to climb any corporate ladders. I don't care about job titles. I don't need accolades.
I just want to have income to fund my lifestyle, not be depressed, help other people, and be around good humans.
To be a person of standards, you make it clear that there's places you don't go, things you won't do, and words that can't be said to you. No exceptions.
I think the hardest part of the political climate right now is realizing how many people around me are actually evil. Not stupid. Not misinformed. Just blatantly enjoying and relishing in the suffering of other human beings.